In total there are 6 vowel final sounds (单韵母) they are: a, e, i, o, u and ü.
On this page we to learn how to pronounce 3 of these vowel pinyin finals: i, u and ü (单韵母).Follow the video and transcript on this page to learn how to pronounce these finals correctly with the support of an actual Chinese state school teacher.
00.03 – 同学们大家好。(tóng xué mén dà jiā hǎo) Students hello。
00.06 – 我是首都师范大学实验小学的 Jia 老师 -(wǒ shì shǒu dū shī fàn dà xué shí yàn xiǎo xué de Jia lǎo shī) My name is teacher Jia from Experimental Normal Primary school attached to Beijing Normal University.
00.10 – 今天我们来学习汉语拼音第二课。(jīn tiān wǒ mén lái xué xí hàn yǔ pīn yīn dì èr kè) Today we will study the second lesson in our pinyin series: i u ü y w.
00.18 – 上节课我们在拼音王国里认识了三个新朋友。你们还记得他们吗？（shàng jié kè wǒ mén zài pīn yīn wáng guó lǐ rèn shí liǎo sān gè xīn péng yǒu 。 nǐ mén huán jì dé tā mén má) In our last class we visited the Pinyin kingdom where we met three new friends. Can you remember them?
00.25 – 让我们一起读出他们的名字吧。 （ràng wǒ mén yī qǐ dú chū tā mén de míng zì bā）Let’s read their names: a, o, e.
00.33 – 这三个字母有个共同的名字，他们叫单韵母。（zhè sān gè zì mǔ yǒu gè gòng tóng de míng zì ， tā mén jiào dān yùn mǔ）These 3 letters all have the same name (are part of the same category)： finals。
00.39 – 在发音的时候要注意口型不变. (zài fā yīn de shí hòu yào zhù yì kǒu xíng bù biàn) When pronouncing these words (open your mouth wide) and do not move your lips, make your pronunciation long and clear.
00.46 – 单韵母单韵母戴上了四顶小帽, 你们会读吗？（dān yùn mǔ dài shàng le sì dǐng xiǎo mào）The pinyin finals are wearing 4 little hats can you read them?
00.51 – 请同学们跟老师一起读读：á ， ě， ó， à， é， ǎ， è， ā （qǐng tóng xué mén gēn lǎo shī yī qǐ dú dú ：á ， ě， ó， à， é， ǎ， è， ā）please read after the teacher: á ， ě， ó， à， é， ǎ， è， ā.
1.14 – 同学们你们都读对了吗？（tóng xué mén nǐ mén dū dú duì liǎo má）Students, did you read them correctly?
1.15 这节课我们继续走进拼音王国去认识更多的拼音朋友吧 (zhè jié kè wǒ mén jì xù zǒu jìn pīn yīn wáng guó qù rèn shí gēng duō de pīn yīn péng yǒu bā). In this class we will continue by going back into the Pinyin Kingdom to make some Pinyin friends.
1.22 – 拼音朋友最喜欢捉迷藏迷藏了 (pīn yīn péng yǒu zuì xǐ huān zhuō mí cáng mí cáng le) Our pinyin friends like nothing better than to play hide and seek.
1.26 – 它们就藏在这副图画中 (tā mén jiù cáng zài zhè fù tú huà zhōng) They are hiding within the picture now.
1.29 – 请你认真观察图. 图上画的是什么地方? 都有谁? 它们在干什么? (qǐng nǐ rèn zhēn guān chá tú . tú shàng huà de shì shén me dì fāng. dou yǒu shuí ? tā mén zài gān shén me ?) Please examine the picture carefully. What place can you see in the drawing? Who is in the picture? What are they doing?
1.40 – 生: 在一个美丽的小山村里住着一家人, 它们的房屋真漂亮. 屋前的草地上衣服在晾衣杆上晒着. 乌鸦正停在大树上休息. (shēng : zài yī gè měi lì de xiǎo shān cūn lǐ zhù zhuó yī jiā rén , tā mén de fáng wū zhēn piāo liàng . wū qián de cǎo dì shàng yī fú zài liàng yī gān shàng shài zhe. wū yā zhèng tíng zài dà shù shàng xiū xī.) Student: There is a family living in a beautiful little mountain village, and their houses are so beautiful. Clothes are drying on the clothes line on the grass in front of the house. A crow is resting in the tree.
1.52 – 生: 在不远处的小河里, 鱼跳出水面, 吐着泡泡, 乌龟开心地游来游去. (zài bù yuǎn chǔ de xiǎo hé lǐ , yú tiào chū shuǐ miàn , tǔ zhuó pào pào , wū guī kāi xīn dì yóu lái yóu qù). In a nearby stream a fish is swimming and blowing bubbles, and a turtle happily swims to and fro.
2.05: 小男孩趴在河岸边和小动物们玩耍. (xiǎo nán hái pā zài hé àn biān hé xiǎo dòng wùmén wán shuǎ) A small boy is playing on the riverbank.
2.12 Teacher – 这两位同学观察得真仔细. 今天我们要来认识的新朋友就藏在这副图画中, 请同学们快来找一找它们吧. (zhè liǎng wèi tóng xué guān chá dé zhēn zī xì . jīn tiān wǒ mén yào lái rèn shí de xīn péng yǒu jiù cáng zài zhè fù tú huà zhōng , qǐng tóng xué mén kuài lái zhǎo yī zhǎo tā mén bā). The two students were really very observant. The new friends we are going to meet today are hidden in this picture, so please come and find them.
2.23 – teacher- 你们找到了吗? (nǐ mén zhǎo dào le má) Have you found them?
2.26 – teacher 快看, 它们就藏在了这些地方. i 藏在了晾衣杆上的衣服上, u 藏在了乌龟身上, ü 藏在了吐着水泡的小鱼这儿呢. 这三个字母就是我们来学习的. (kuài kàn , tā mén jiù cáng zài liǎo zhè xiē dì fāng . i cáng zài liǎo liàng yī gān shàng de yī fú shàng , u cáng zài liǎo wū guī shēn shàng , ü cáng zài liǎo tǔ zhe shuǐ pào de xiǎo yú zhè ér ne . zhè sān gè zì mǔ jiù shì wǒ mén lái xué xí de .) Look, they are hidden in various places. the (pinyin final) letter i is hidden on the clothing on the washing line. u is hidden on the body of the tortoise. ü is hiding in the fish and the bubbles it is blowing. These are the three letters (pinyin finals) that we will study now.
How to pronounce the pinyin final i
2.47 – teacher – 我们先一起来看看这个字母. 请同学们认真听老师是怎么发音的: 我们先一起来看看这个字母. 请同学们认真听老师是怎么发音的: i, i, i.. (wǒ mén xiān yī qǐ lái kàn kàn zhè gè zì mǔ . qǐng tóng xué mén rèn zhēn tīng lǎo shī shì zěn me fā yīn de: i, i, i. First let’s look at the letters. Please listen carefully to the teacher’s pronunication of these letters: i, i, i.
3.04 – 你们听清楚了吗? 读 i 的时候要把牙齿对齐. (nǐ mén tīng qīng chǔ le má ? Dú i de shí hòu yào bǎ yá chǐ duì qí). When pronouncing i open your mouth slightly and align your teeth.
Note: when pronouncing the pinyin final ‘i’ you should open your lips slightly, touch the tip of your tongue to the lower teeth slightly, move the corners of your mouth to the sides as much as possible. This will make what looks like a fake smile!
3.11 Teacher – 请同学们跟老师一起读: i, 在读一遍: i. (qǐng tóng xué mén gēn lǎo shī yī qǐ dú : i, zài dú yī biàn : i) Please students read with the teacher: i, read it again: i.
3.20 – Teacher – 上节课书中插图, 用编顺口溜来学习记住的字母, 你能用上这个方法来学习今天的字母吗. (shàng jié kè shū zhōng chā tú , yòng biān shùn kǒu liū de fāng fǎ lái xué xí jì zhù de zì mǔ , nǐ néng yòng shàng zhè gè fāng fǎ lái xué xí jīn tiān de zì mǔ má) In our last class we used words containing the above letter to help us remember them. Can you study today’s letters using this method?
3.33 – student – 我用编顺口溜的方法记住, 一件衣服 i, i, i
(wǒ yòng biān shùn kǒu liū de fāng fǎ jì zhù, yī jiàn yī fú i, i, i). The way I remember it is to think of a rhyme that contains the letter… one piece of clothing… (yi), i, i, i.
3.45 – student 2 – 我也编了一个顺口溜, 牙齿对齐, i, i, i (wǒ yě biān liǎo yī gè shùn kǒu liū , yá chǐ duì qí , i, i, i) I also have a rhyme, line up your teeth, i, i, i.
3.53 Teacher – 这两位同学可真会学习, 读 i 的时候要注意`口型不能变,声音长而响, 请同学们和老师一起读, i. (zhè liǎng wèi tóng xué kě zhēn huì xué xí , dú i de shí hòu yào zhù yì ` kǒu xíng bù néng biàn , shēng yīn cháng ér xiǎng , qǐng tóng xué mén hé lǎo shī yī qǐ dú , i ) These two students are truly studying hard, when we read the letter i the shape of the mouth is fixed and the sound is long and clear. Students please read the letter with me again: i.
4.08 – 我们在读一遍: i (wǒ mén zài dú yī biàn : i) Let’s read it again: i.
How to pronounce pinyin finals u and ü in Chinese
4.12 – Teacher – 快看这两个字母, 你们能用编顺口溜的方法记住它们吗? (kuài kàn zhè liǎng gè zì mǔ , nǐ mén néng yòng biān shùn kǒu liū de fāng fǎ jì zhù tā mén má) (Let’s have a) quick look at these two letters. Do you have a rhyme you can use to help you remember them (their pronunciation)?
4.20 – student – 字母 u 藏在乌龟身上, 我编了个顺口溜一只乌龟乌: u, u, u. (zì mǔ ‘u’ cáng zài wū guī shēn shàng , wǒ biān liǎo gè shùn kǒu liū yī zhī wū guī wū : u, u, u) The letter u is hidden on the body of the tortoise, My rhyme is tortoise (wugui) wu…. u, u, u.
4.32 – student – 鱼翘着尾巴口土水泡像字母 u 一条小鱼,
ü, ü, ü.
(yú qiáo zhe wěi bā kǒu tǔ shuǐ pào xiàng zì mǔ u yī tiáo xiǎo yú , u, u, u) The fish shaking it’s tail and blowing bubbles makes the letter ü, A fish : ü, ü, ü.
4.44 – Teacher – 这两位同学可真会学习, 一下就记住了这两个字母 (zhè liǎng wèi tóng xué kě zhēn huì xué xí , yī xià jiù jì zhù liǎo zhè liǎng gè zì mǔ). These two students really know how to study properly, they are really committing these letters to memory.
4.50 – Teacher – 请同学们跟老师一读读: ü, ü, ü (qǐng tóng xué mén gēn lǎo shī yī dú dú : ü, ü, ü) please students, read with me: ü, ü, ü.
5.00 – teacher – 读 ü 的时候注意嘴要像吹口哨一样 ü (qǐng tóng xué mén gēn lǎo shī yī dú dú : ü, ü, ü) please students when pronouncing remember to shape your mouth like you are whistling.
5.08 – Teacher – 再读一遍: ü (zài dú yī biàn : ü ) Read it again ü.
5.12 – Teacher – 请同学们来看一看这两个字母长得是不是有点像, 它们又有哪不一样呢? (qǐng tóng xué mén lái kàn yī kàn zhè liǎng gè zì mǔ cháng dé shì bù shì yǒu diǎn xiàng , tā mén yòu yǒu nǎ bù yī yàng ne ?) Lets take a (closer) look at these two finals and see where they are similiar and where they differ.
5.22 – Student 1- 我发现 ü朵了两个小点就像小鱼吐出得小泡泡 (wǒ fā xiàn ü duǒ le liǎng gè xiǎo diǎn jiù xiàng xiǎo yú tǔ chū dé xiǎo pào pào) I have discovered that ü has two dots, it looks like a fish that has blown a couple of bubbles.
5.30 – Teacher – 这位同学观察得真仔细 ü 比 u 朵了两个小点. (zhè wèi tóng xué guān chá dé zhēn zī xì ü bǐ u duǒ liǎo liǎng gè xiǎo diǎn) This student has noticed correctly that the letter ü has two dots above it unlike u.
5.36 – Teacher – 请同学们跟老师一起读读我们今天新认识的三个单韵母 (qǐng tóng xué mén gēn lǎo shī yī qǐ dú dú wǒ mén jīn tiān xīn rèn shí de sān gè dān yùn mǔ) Please students follow the teacher as we read today’s 3 simple finals together.
5.43 – Teacher – i, u, ü. 它们在读的时候要注意口型不变声音长而响. (tā mén zài dú de shí hòu yào zhù yì kǒu xíng bù biàn shēng yīn cháng ér xiǎng) When you are reading these letters open your mouth wide, do not move you lips and make your pronunciation loud and clear.
5.55 – teacher – 请同学自己读读. qǐng tóng xué zì jǐ dú dú. please students read them yourself.
Pronounce the pinyin simple Finals i, u and ü with tones
5.59 – teacher – 这四个声调小帽你们还记得吗 (zhè sì gè shēng diào xiǎo mào nǐ mén huán jì dé má) Do you recognise these 4 tones?
6.03 – teacher – 请同学们伸出小手和老师一起读. 一声平, 二声扬, 三声拐弯, 四声降. qǐng tóng xué mén shēn chū xiǎo shǒu hé lǎo shī yī qǐ dú . yī shēng píng , èr shēng yáng , sān shēng guǎi wān , sì shēng jiàng .Please students follow the movements with your hand and read with me: first tone flat, second tone rising, third tone curves, fourth tone falling.
6.16 – teacher – 给一戴上了四顶小帽. 你们快来看看. 你们发现了什么? gěi yī dài shàng liǎo sì dǐng xiǎo mào . nǐ mén kuài lái kàn kàn . nǐ mén fā xiàn liǎo shén me ? (this) gives the letters four small hats. What do you notice?
6.24 – student – 我发现戴上了声调小帽. 一上小点没有了. (wǒ fā xiàn dài shàng liǎo shēng diào xiǎo mào . yī shàng xiǎo diǎn méi yǒu le) I have discovered that they are wearing tone hats, not a small dot.
This is referring to the four tones illustrated at the top of each letter by a line. Usually when we write i it has a dot at the top. However, when writing i in pinyin the dot at the top is removed and replaced by one of the four tones which indicate pronunciation. The first tone, represented by a straight line is flat, The second is the rising tone, the third rising and falling and the fourth falling.
6.30 – teacher – 一上小点怎么不见了? 这是什么会是呢 (yī shàng xiǎo diǎn zěn me bù jiàn le. zhè shì shén me huì shì ne) Where has the dot on the top of the letter i gone? Why would this be?
6.36 – teacher – 小一是个爱漂亮她的头上戴着蝴蝶结呢. 当她戴上声调小帽的时候就把蝴蝶结遮住了 (xiǎo yī shì gè ài piāo liàng tā de tóu shàng dài zhuó hú dié jié ne .dāng tā dài shàng shēng diào xiǎo mào de shí hòu jiù bǎ hú dié jié zhē zhù le) Little i is a lovely girl with a butterfly bow, but when she wears her tone hat this covers the butterfly bow.
6.52 – Teacher – 请同学们跟老师一起读: ī, í, ǐ, ì. (qǐng tóng xué mén gēn lǎo shī yī qǐ dú : ī, í, ǐ , ì) Please students read with the teacher: ī, í, ǐ, ì.
7.02 – teacher – 请同学们自己读读. (qǐng tóng xué mén zì jǐ dú dú) Please students read it on your own.
7.07 – 如果打乱了顺序你们会读吗? rú guǒ dǎ luàn liǎo shùn xù nǐ mén huì dú má ? if we say them in the wrong order can you (still) read them?
7.11 – teacher – 请同学们跟老师一起读: í, ì, ī, ǐ. 你们读对了吗 (qǐng tóng xué mén gēn lǎo shī yī qǐ dú : í, ì, ī, ǐ. nǐ mén dú duì liǎo má) Please students follow the teacher in reading: í, ì, ī, ǐ. Did you read it correctly?
7.26 – Teacher – 快来看看这两个代表的字母, 你们会读吗? (kuài lái kàn kàn zhè liǎng gè dài biǎo de zì mǔ , nǐ mén huì dú má ?) Take a look at these two letters, can you read them?
7.31 – teacher – 我们一起来读一读: í , ǐ. (wǒ mén yī qǐ lái dú yī dú : í , ǐ). Let’s read together: í , ǐ.
7.39 – Teacher – 给 u 戴上了四顶小帽, 你们会读吗 (gěi u dài shàng le sì dǐng xiǎo mào , nǐ mén huì dú má) Let’s give u 4 hats, can you read them?
7.44 – teacher – 我们一起来读一读: ū, ú, ǔ, ù. 请同学们自己读一读. Wǒ mén yī qǐ lái dú yī dú : ū, ú, ǔ, ù. qǐng. Tóng xué mén zì jǐ dú yī dú. Let’s read together: ū, ú, ǔ, ù. Students read on your own.
8.00 – teacher – 如果打乱了顺序你们会读吗? 我们一起来读一读: ù, ú, ū, ǔ. (rú guǒ dǎ luàn liǎo shùn xù nǐ mén huì dú má ? wǒ mén yī qǐ lái dú yī dú : ù, ú, ū, ǔ)
8.15 – teacher – 看清楚这两个声调, 我们一起来读一读. 二声向声扬 ú. 四声向声降. (kàn qīng chǔ zhè liǎng gè shēng diào , wǒ mén yī qǐ lái dú yī dú . èr shēng xiàng shēng yáng ú. sì shēng xiàng shēng jiàng). Look closely at these two tones. Let’s read together. The second tone is like a rising tone ú, the fourth tone is like a falling tone ù.
8.29 – i 和 u 的四声你们都会读了吗? 我们来做个小游戏: 小兔拔萝卜. 每个萝卜上面都有一个戴着声调的单韵母. (i hé u de sì shēng nǐ mén dū huì dú liǎo má ? wǒ mén lái zuò gè xiǎo yóu xì : xiǎo tù bá luó bǔ . měi gè luó bǔ shàng miàn dū yǒu yī gè dài zhuó shēng diào de dān yùn mǔ). Can you pronounce all four tones for the letters i and u? Let’s play a game: the rabbit pulls up a carrot. Each carrot has a pinyin final with a tone on it.
8.41 – teacher – 请你座好准备我们开始吧: ǐ, ù, ǔ, ì, ú, í. 你们都读对了吗. (qǐng nǐ zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi wǒ mén kāi shǐ bā : ǐ, ù, ǔ, ì, ú, í. nǐ mén dū dú duì liǎo má) Please sit well and let’s begin: ǐ, ù, ǔ, ì, ú, í. Did you read them all correctly?
9.04 – teacher – 如果你们都读对了小兔就把这些萝卜带回家了. (rú guǒ nǐ mén dū dú duì liǎo xiǎo tù jiù bǎ zhè xiē luó bǔ dài huí jiā le.) If you read them correctly the rabbit can take the carrots home.
9.10 – teacher – 给 ü 戴上了四顶小帽你们会读吗? (gěi ü dài shàng liǎo sì dǐng xiǎo mào nǐ mén huì dú má) (if) we give the pinyin final ü the four hats can you read them?
9.15 – teacher – 我们一起来读一读: ǖ, ǘ, ǚ, ǜ. 同学们你们自己读一读. (wǒ mén yī qǐ lái dú yī dú : ǖ, ǘ, ǚ, ǜ. tóng xué mén nǐ mén zì jǐ dú yī dú) Sudents let’s read together: ǖ, ǘ, ǚ, ǜ.. Students read it on your own.
9.30 – 打乱了顺序你们会读吗? 我们一起来读一读: ǜ, ǘ ǚ, ǖ. (dǎ luàn liǎo shùn xù nǐ mén huì dú má ? wǒ mén yī qǐ lái dú yī dú : ǜ, ǘ ǚ, ǖ.) (If I) mix them up can you read them? Let’s read together: ǜ, ǘ ǚ, ǖ.
9.45 – teacher – 请同学们自己读一读 (qǐng tóng xué mén zì jǐ dú yī dú) Please read it on your own.
9.50 – student – ǜ, ǘ ǚ, ǖ.
9.54 – teacher – 这位同学都读对了. (zhè wèi tóng xué dū dú duì le) The student read all of them correctly.
9.59 – Teacher – 把 u 和 ü 的四声打乱了顺序的四声放在了一起你们会读吗. (bǎ u hé ü de sì shēng dǎ luàn liǎo shùn xù de sì shēng fàng zài liǎo yī qǐ nǐ mén huì dú má?) if we mix up u and ü (in two lines) and place them next to each other can you (still) read them?
10.06 – Teacher – 我们一起来读一读: ù, ǘ, ú, ǚ, ǜ, ū, ǔ, ǖ (wǒ mén yī qǐ lái dú yī dú : ù, ǘ, ú, ǚ, ǜ, ū, ǔ, ǖ) Let’s read them together: ù, ǘ, ú, ǚ, ǜ, ū, ǔ, ǖ.
10.29 – Teacher – 同学们你们都读对了吗? (tóng xué mén nǐ mén dū dú duì liǎo má) students did you read them correctly?
10.33 – Teacher – 这节课我们学习了单韵母 i, u, ü. 它们的四声你们会读了吗. 我们来做个小游戏. (zhè jié kè wǒ mén xué xí liǎo dān yùn mǔ i, u, ü. tā mén de sì shēng nǐ mén huì dú liǎo má . wǒ mén lái zuò gè xiǎo yóu xì ) In this class we have learnt the pinyin single finals i, u, ü. Can you read them (correctly) with the 4 tones? Let’s play a game.
10.45 – Teacher – 小猫钓鱼, 每条小鱼上面的戴着声调小猫的单韵母. 如果你读对了, 小鱼就被我们钓上来了. 座好准备我们开始钓鱼了. (xiǎo māo diào yú , měi tiáo xiǎo yú shàng miàn de dài zhuó shēng diào xiǎo māo de dān yùn mǔ . rú guǒ nǐ dú duì liǎo , xiǎo yú jiù bèi wǒ mén diào shàng lái liǎo . zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi wǒ mén kāi shǐ diào yú le) The small cat is catching fish. Every fish is wearing a tone on the pinyin final. If you read correctly the cat will catch the fish. Sit properly and we will start fishing.
11.01 – ì, ǜ, ǐ, ǖ, ù, ǚ. 同学们你们都读对了吗. 如果你们都读对了这些小鱼就被我们钓上来了. ì, ǜ, ǐ, ǖ, ù, ǚ. tóng xué mén nǐ mén dū dú duì le má . rú guǒ nǐ mén dū dú duì liǎo zhè xiē xiǎo yú jiù bèi wǒ mén diào shàng lái le. Students, did you read them correctly? If you read them correctly the fish will be caught.
11.26 – Teacher – 我们一起来看看 i, u, ü 是怎么写的. 我们一起来学习书写. wǒ mén yī qǐ lái kàn kàn i, u, ü shì zěn me xiě de . wǒ mén yī qǐ lái xué xí shū xiě. Let’s all have a look at how i, u, ü are written. Let’s learn how to write them in our books.
11.36 – Teacher – 学习书写有三: 一看有几笔, 二看住哪里, 三看每一笔. xué xí shū xiě yǒu sān : yī kàn yǒu jī bǐ , èr kàn zhù nǎ lǐ , sān kàn měi yī bǐ. When learning to write there are three things to consider. The first is how many strokes there are, then we look at where they go, and finally we consider each individual stroke.
11.48 – Teacher – 我们一起来看看 i 有几笔 (wǒ mén yī qǐ lái kàn kàn i yǒu jī bǐ) Let’s see how many strokes (the pinyin final) i has.
11.54 – Student – i 是两笔写成的; 一笔竖二笔点. (i shì liǎng bǐ xiě chéng de ; yī bǐ shù èr bǐ diǎn) i is made up of two strokes: the first a long horizintal one, the other a dot.
12.01 – i 的家住在那呢? (i de jiā zhù zài nà ne) Where does i live?
12.04 – Teacher – i 的家住在那呢? i 的家住在上格和中格. (i de jiā zhù zài nà ne ? i de jiā zhù zài shàng gé hé zhōng gé). Where does i live? i belongs in the middle and top part (of the grid).
12.09 – Teacher – i 怎么写? 还是正确美观的. 请同学们仔细观察. (i zěn me xiě hai shì zhèng què měi guān de huán shì . qǐng tóng xué mén zī xì guān chá). How do we write i correctly and accurately? Please students examine carefully..
12.19 – Teacher –